Documentary, The (Parental Advisory) [PA] - Game

Advantages: Westcoast Rapper, Great Beats, Superb Collaborations, Dr Dre
Disadvantages: Too Much 50 Cent

After hearing The Game on previous mixtapes and how he intends to put the west back on the map, I was very hyped for his debut album. I pre-ordered it so I got it on the day of release and 7 months later I don't regret it one bit. Every song on the album can be listened to without having to press the skip button, apart from maybe Track 12 'Runnin' which features G-Unit member Tony Yayo, which is easily the worst song on the album. The best song on ...
...to many times over without getting boring. 'The Documentary' features some quality guests such as Eminem, Dre, Snoop, Nate, Busta, Mary J Blige and Faith Evens. It also has beats by the best Hip Hop Producers around which include Dre, Cool, Timbo, Scott Storch, Hi-Tek, Focus, Just Blaze and Kanye West. Just the guests and producers only named on this album will make you want to buy the album. In terms of how this album rates alongside its competition ... Read review

Advantages: Some enjoyable rap tunes
Disadvantages: The Game didnt really write this album it was mostly 50 Cent

The Game is a westcoast rapper who WAS signed to rap group G-UNIT buy the leader 50Cent who helped him out a lot with this album buy writting most of the songs for The Game. Game is has now left G-Unit after him and 50Cent fell out and now Game instead of shouting G-UNIT, he now says G-UNOT, which is him basiclly taking shots at is former record label. This makes it difficult for me to review this album and although i am a big fan of G-Unit i am ...
...best album of Game's career because not only has he had the help of 50Cent but legend DR.Dre is involved in the making of some of the tunes. Rapper Kanye West helps out buy producing the hit single "DREAMS" and even the top rapper Eminem produces a tune and raps in it aswell, so even before you listen to it you kind of allready know that its gonna be good if you like hip-hop. The album also has appearances from Mary.J.Blidge,Nate Dogg,Busta Rhymes,Tony ... Read review

Advantages: Great beats and production
Disadvantages: too many guest spots ??

The Games debut album 'The Documentary' is brilliant. Almost every song on the album can be listened to over and over again, and I know this is not just my opinion. At least 5 songs from this album have been released as singles and all have held their own, most notably the breakthrough single 'How We Do' which really opened the door for the Games success. The only worry about the album though is similar to that of Obie Trice following his debut album ...
...producers involved? Production from Dre, Eminem and 50 including a lot of features provides some excellent songs but it doesn't show off the Game himself. Anyway whatever the reason for why this album is so good is besides the point I would recommend this album to anyone. 1.: Intro 2.: Westside Story - Game & 50 Cent Great beat without overdoing allows the Games grit-rapping voice to shine and opens the album up very well. The lyrics bases around ... Read review

Advantages: Good beats
Disadvantages: Bad Language

The Documentary is the best West Coast street-rap album since DJ Quik's 2002 LP Under tha Influence. All of the G-Unit solo albums thus far have been aesthetically unified, a rarity in hip-hop; the tracks on The Documentary actually sound like they belong on the same album. Dre produces five of the album's 17 songs, applying his recent stripped-down cinematic style, and many of the record's other producers follow his lead. Superstar beatmakers like ...
...fitting their usual approaches into the album's fabric. The end result is a rich, triumphant sonic tapestry; you can hear every dollar that went into it. The Game is not a particularly singular rapper. His hoarse, guttural voice doesn't possess any of the relaxed menace of classic West Coast rappers; he sounds more like Tha Dogg Pound member Daz Dillinger than Eazy or Snoop or The D.O.C. He has an appealing confidence and an unforced lyrical toughness, ... Read review

Advantages: Good MC, Good Production, a few good tracks
Disadvantages: Boring, Repetitive, Too many big-ups

I sit hear now thinking - I shouldn't have bought it.... Everyone who was anyone was crying out about The Game's debut album The Documentary convinced me that maybe I was missing out on something good. So when I saw it in HMV earlier this week, I decided to grab it and give it a shot. *psssssk* The Game shows off occasional solid flow skills, and even has some excellent lyrical witicisms. In between this guy who tries so hard to sound tough ends ...
...that you almost wonder if the hard as nails persona is a cover for something, ahem, a bit um, softer? Part of the problem lies with executive producer Dr.Dre, who brings perhaps the most generic beats. The orchestral swells on Higher had become overused in hip hop five years ago, and even when Dre does bring a solid beat, as on first single How We Do, all of a sudden 50 Cent is all over the track, making this listener wanting to rip the hair out ... Read review